Larry Sanders quits basketball

[RsxPiimp]

Larry Sanders recently told some members of the Milwaukee Bucks' front office that he doesn't want to play basketball anymore, according to sources.

Sanders is in the first season of a four-year, $44 million extension and hasn't played in the past six games.

Jason Kidd initially told the media that Sanders had the flu, but he said on Friday he was away for "personal reasons."

Some friends of Sanders told Woelfel last summer that he wasn't committed to basketball and was interested in exploring other options.

Gery Woelfel/Journal Sentinel


WTH, walking away from $44 million dollars? :lol Dude is crazy. His head wasn't in the game obviously.


http://youtu.be/CUpGMH6UoTs

[313]

:lmao He can't get away with this can he?

[Thread]

I remember when Rodman quit in the middle of the fuckin' playoffs for you guys. He got good & tired of David Robinson chasing him around with the fucking Living Bible.

[DisAsTerBot]

lol "exploring other options"

[Spur-Addict]

Somebody talk some sense into this dumb fuck

[dirk4mvp]

His only other choice is selling rocks. Not a good choice imo

[phoenix219]

He retires, he can keep his money, too, right? Guaranteed contracts? :D lmfao

[Splits]

He'd be a perfect teammate for kirby. Do it Mitch!

[Andthentherewas21]

He retires, he can keep his money, too, right? Guaranteed contracts? :D lmfao

No, he doesn't get to keep the money left on his contract. Only way he gets some of it is if they agree to a buyout.

"when a player is still under contract, wants to quit, and his team doesn't want to let him out of his contract. Under these circumstances the player can file for retirement with the league. The player is placed on the league's Voluntarily Retired list (see question number 79), forgoes his remaining salary, and cannot return to the league for one year. The latter requirement prevents players from using retirement as an underhanded way to change teams, and can be overridden with unanimous approval from all 30 teams."

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm

[DMC]

I remember when Rodman quit in the middle of the fuckin' playoffs for you guys. He got good & tired of David Robinson chasing him around with the fucking Living Bible.
You've no room, your Kobe quit in Phoenix.

[FkLA]

Gary Neal was right about him tbh.

[Kool Bob Love]

Gary Neal was right about him tbh.

419918280736768000

exactly one year ago today.:wow

[Franklin]

if he really doesn't wanna play it anymore, just fake an injury (preferably in the achilles) then sit out for the remainder of his 4yr 44m contract.

[-21-]

He must really not like playing basketball if he's walking away from $44M!

[Thread]

You've no room, your Kobe quit in Phoenix.

Your Jackson quit & attempted to murder your Pop.

[~O~]

Your Jackson quit & attempted to murder your Pop.

Thread. Why do you always say something. Jeez guy!

[DMC]

Your Jackson quit & attempted to murder your Pop.
Your Jackson quit as well, twice to be honest. Then went to bat for the enemy.

[cjw]

419918280736768000

exactly one year ago today.:wow

For all the hate he gets, Gary Neal has had more big basketball moments in his life than Sanders ever will.

[Chomag]

If he gets away with walking out with a contract there would not even be a point for players to have contracts would there?

Even so he must be one of the dumbest human beings to walk away from a 44 mil paying job where he gets to play a sport for a living.

[Mugen]

Dude should have gone the Bynum route and went bowling tbh.

[DMC]

If he gets away with walking out with a contract there would not even be a point for players to have contracts would there?

Even so he must be one of the dumbest human beings to walk away from a 44 mil paying job where he gets to play a sport for a living.

Didn't Odom and Fisher get out of theirs in Dallas, and Nash in LA?

[DPG21920]

Didn't Odom and Fisher get out of theirs in Dallas, and Nash in LA?

Nash hasn't retired.

[DMC]

Nash hasn't retired.

Yeah that one was just a jab at a guy who hasn't seen the team in months but is making 10m a year.

[RsxPiimp]

Sanders is about get Bison Dele'd in a few years

[100%duncan]

Is this even legal

[Strange Love]

He ain't going anywhere. A few days off the court will have this guy begging to play again.

Also, when that money starts drying up he'll want to scrape for some more cash.

[DMC]

Is this even legal
Just as legal as those hookers and that blow that he's spending his money on.

[spurraider21]

Is this even legal
It's essentially retirement imo

[StrengthAndHonor]

Reporter is a known hack, doubt this is true.

[Strange Love]

Is this even legal

I would assume he'll get paid from the time he signed the contract to how long he played? Doubt he gets the full amount.

[elmanutres]

I remember when Rodman quit in the middle of the fuckin' playoffs for you guys. He got good & tired of David Robinson chasing him around with the fucking Living Bible.

actually it was because of that idiot bob hill, the coach at the time. Rodman and david, although different, actually still worked together and were certainly a great duo. But fuck thread, having rodman leave that series, that series that forever propelled hakeem to the status he has today and shun robinson as soft. We couldve beat the rockets if rodman played. i guess we will never know. i love rodman but fuck i will always hate him for that.

[baseline bum]

lol "exploring other options"

Jail and death?

[Mal]

:lmao Best case for Bucks. Moron out of lineup and 40 mil in the pocket. Couldnt be better

[monosylab1k]

Didn't Odom and Fisher get out of theirs in Dallas, and Nash in LA?

Dallas just released Odom iirc, Fisher did his usual underhanded rat maneuver of ":cry I just need to be closer to my family and :cry my sick daughter :cry" to get Cuban to buy him out, then immediately jumped to OKC.

[DMC]

Dallas just released Odom iirc, Fisher did his usual underhanded rat maneuver of ":cry I just need to be closer to my family and :cry my sick daughter :cry" to get Cuban to buy him out, then immediately jumped to OKC.

But didn't he refuse to play as well? I know he was assigned to the D-league because he was just mailing it in on the court.

[Mal]

Fisher did his usual underhanded rat maneuver of ":cry I just need to be closer to my family and :cry my sick daughter :cry" to get Cuban to buy him out, then immediately jumped to OKC.

And this fucker is done with professional basketball in couple months. Fuck him

[Mori Chu]

Did Sanders quit for good? Or was it only for one playoff game, like Kobe 2006?

[monosylab1k]

But didn't he refuse to play as well? I know he was assigned to the D-league because he was just mailing it in on the court.

I don't think he refused to play, I think he was just so bad the Mavericks told him not to show up anymore.

[140]

Basketball Insiders: You mentioned you’re in a better place, which leads to the big question that everyone is asking. Do you see yourself making an NBA comeback anytime soon?
Larry Sanders: “I could see myself coming back to the NBA and… I mean, I’ll just leave it at that. I can’t say too much. (laughs) I can see myself coming back there.”
Basketball Insiders: Your name gets mentioned in rumors whenever a team needs a big man or is looking to make a free agency signing. Have teams been calling you or your camp to express interest?
Larry Sanders: “I’ll say this: I understand who I am as a player and I know what I can bring to any team. Now that I’ve gotten the chance to watch a lot of basketball, I just know what I would do on that court. Even from an effort standpoint, I know I can [play harder than a lot of players]. With the kind of player that I am, I just don’t see a team that couldn’t use my services. But I will say, I think it would have to be a very good fit for the both of us. And I think it goes outside of what’s happening on the court – there has to be a connection there. Maybe I’m asking for too much. (laughs) But I just won’t go back to the situation I was in before.”
http://www.basketballinsiders.com/qa-larry-sanders-explains-break-from-nba/

[140]

This begs the question: if he came back, could he be a better pg than porker?

[DMC]

http://www.basketballinsiders.com/qa-larry-sanders-explains-break-from-nba/
Gary Neal 2 pieced his ass.

[lefty]

This begs the question: if he came back, could he be a better pg than porker?
Do I need to answer that?

[140]

Do I need to answer that?

yes tbh

[DMC]

Do I need to answer that?
No because begging the question just means it's using circular reasoning.

[lefty]

yes tbh
http://community.us.playstation.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/257423i450CA8BFA1A9D844/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1

[Biggems]

Sanders is about get Bison Dele'd in a few years

:lol but :depressed

[140]

http://community.us.playstation.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/257423i450CA8BFA1A9D844/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1
:lol

[Thread]

actually it was because of that idiot bob hill, the coach at the time. Rodman and david, although different, actually still worked together and were certainly a great duo. But fuck thread, having rodman leave that series, that series that forever propelled hakeem to the status he has today and shun robinson as soft. We couldve beat the rockets if rodman played. i guess we will never know. i love rodman but fuck i will always hate him for that.

Yep, cost you your 1st 1st. And fucked up your count. Christ, I can't even figure it without a slide rule & my 250 readers. But, I'll try:::You'd have at least 6 with a 2nd 4th and no *(yet). Eh, wasn't as hard as I thought.

He detailed it all in his book. "I decided I wasn't going down there and helping David (with the rebounding.)."

[ambchang]

Yep, cost you your 1st 1st. And fucked up your count. Christ, I can't even figure it without a slide rule & my 250 readers. But, I'll try:::You'd have at least 6 with a 2nd 4th and no *(yet). Eh, wasn't as hard as I thought.

He detailed it all in his book. "I decided I wasn't going down there and helping David (with the rebounding.)."

You want to count missed opportunities? The lakers are the king of that.

[StrengthAndHonor]

What a waste of talent, wasn't he considered a runner up for DPOY?

[Spurtacular]

He retires, he can keep his money, too, right? Guaranteed contracts? :D lmfao

Guaranteed only means if a player fulfills it. That's pretty much why Kobe stuck around and sucked up the joint. He didn't want to walk away from 48 mil.

[Thread]

Guaranteed only means if a player fulfills it. That's pretty much why Kobe stuck around and sucked up the joint. He didn't want to walk away from 48 mil.

...Though $27 million walked away from Duncan.

tee, hee.

[Spurtacular]

...Though $27 million walked away from Duncan.

tee, hee.

And he gladly allowed it to happen--unlike, Bryant who got down on his knees and begged Vanity to stay. :lmao

[Thread]

And he gladly allowed it to happen--unlike, Bryant who got down on his knees and begged Vanity to stay. :lmao

Why would he do that, Spurts?

[Spurtacular]

Why would he do that?

I don't know; it's not something that I obsess about. Apparently, you think that divorce isn't common place or something given the big deal you make of it.